I've so far spent the morning cleaning house. Did the bathroom and kitchen, then went through my closet and got rid of any clothes I'm sure I won't be shipping/packing to Japan.

I filled 2 garbage bags

I didn't know there were 2 garbage bags of clothes in there that I did wear. Ah well, a lot of it's a bunch of t-shirts from college when I ( Read more... )

Wow, these last few days have been a nonstop blur of busy busy busy. Let me catch up.

( Friday, I went to see Indy, now with 75% more MONKEYS! )

Well, it took 24 hours and a very snippy and rude landlady, but I got my damn clothes. Also I am officially done with all testing and grading of said tests for the year. Rock rock on ( Read more... )

The last 3 nights I've not been in bed before 11... this is a problem when I'm supposed to get up at 5:30 and have been doing 6 at best. But it's one of my best friend's birthdays and she called to say she was all alone and she just got 2 expansions for one of our favorite games, so I went to Lakewood to play and do the well-wishing and rewatch ( Read more... )

So about 45 minutes ago, I start to hear this knocking outside. Really persistent knocking. And then shouting. This goes on for about ten minutes until I'm thoroughly annoyed. I finally get up, open the door to ask them to please stop, and go, "Oh, there's a policeman out here." The cop is banging on my neighbor's door and talking into his ( Read more... )

So I finally broke down and went to the grocery store. I shouldn't have cuz I don't get paid till Monday, but I was really running out of options. I got the ingredients for this Greek chicken and rice pilaf deal that I'm going to try to concoct today. The missions ( Read more... )

Only a real friend, a true friend who understands the kind of person you are can feel perfectly comfortable buying you Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (with Making of Featurette) on DVD for your birthday ( Read more... )

I'm on Spring Break! Ten days with no lesson plans or red tape or standardized testing or chibi germs! Hopefully I can kick this bug that's threatening on the horizon. Not that I have nothing to do. My new laptop came (tentatively named Masumi which I know I'll regret later, but that's what it's saying its name is... I'm in trouble) and I need ( Read more... )

The good news: CSAP IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, the 3rd/5th grades aren't done, but I don't teach 3rd/5th grade. While my own schedule is still whacked out because we have no group teachers, it's still better than an hour and a half of pacing nervously a day. The books are gone. My fate is sealed. With luck, it will never ever matter to ( Read more... )

I can't watch my kids take CSAP anymore. If I wasn't legally required to walk around the room and make sure all the children are on the right section of the packet, I would wear a blindfold and huddle in a corner till the hour was up. Today I realized that my strongest writers are my slowest readers... thus most of them had approximately 4 ( Read more... )